Erika Howsare has been a C-VILLE contributor since 2002. Her first nonfiction book is The Age of Deer: Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors (2024), and she hosted a podcast miniseries called “If You See a Deer.” She teaches writing locally.
Free bear access, no-spray West Nile, the SmartGrid, and Green Scene’s Twitter name!
At the risk of sounding like a weirdo, I will relay my excitement. Here goes. Dude!! Our very own worms!!
Last November, Charlottesville’s City Council passed a resolution calling for a raft of studies related to the community’s 50-year water supply plan.
Emily Nelson and Graham Evans, two local artists, will be driving around in an old school bus, powered by waste vegetable oil, with a garden on top.
The way Deeds and McDonnell talk about environmental issues could have ramifications for future races elsewhere.
Last October, developer Richard Spurzem of Neighborhood Properties decided that going through Albemarle County’s approval process for preliminary site plans was no longer an attractive plan. Having had his plans for 187 townhouse units (part of the North Pointe megadevelopment on 29N) rejected twice by county planners, and facing the prospect of a third review, […]
I have eased my darkened conscience a little bit by dropping out of AAA and getting into the Better World Club instead.
I just came from McGuffey, where the Festival of the Photograph is showing two exhibits related to matters of ecology.
Good day, amigos. I bring you a fine selection of green events with which to fill your calendar.